Tomb Hunters

7.0

2021•45m

It was an archaeological find that became global news. An extraordinary mega-tomb, filled with the largest concentration of coffins ever unearthed in Saqqara, Egypt. This four-part series places you at the site to witness this ground-breaking discovery as it happened and follows Egyptologists as they try to determine why all of these mummies were buried together and what this ancient cemetery can tell us about the Egyptian civilization's way of death 2,500 years ago.

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4 Episodes • Premiered 2021

Still image for Tomb Hunters season 1 episode 1: Secrets of the Mega-Tomb

1. Secrets of the Mega-Tomb

Egyptian archaeologists discover a vast burial chamber filled with over a hundred coffins. Explore this giant tomb and find out what can it reveal about the Egyptian way of death.

Still image for Tomb Hunters season 1 episode 2: Mystery of the Painted Mummy

2. Mystery of the Painted Mummy

Follow Egyptologists as they raise, open, and run high-tech exams on a painted coffin and mummy over 2,500 years old.

Still image for Tomb Hunters season 1 episode 3: Tomb of the Pyramid Judge

3. Tomb of the Pyramid Judge

With unprecedented access, we follow archaeologists as they reveal secrets hidden in a tomb from the Age of the Pyramids.

Still image for Tomb Hunters season 1 episode 4: Rise of the Greeks

4. Rise of the Greeks

Follow archaeologists as they examine coffins from Egypt's Greek Period, recently unearthed in the tombs of Saqqara.

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